Naval Ravikant explains why you don't need to be CEO

Naval at AngelList reallocated the CEO responsibilities in people management so he could focus on the company from a creative and innovative perspective

Regardless of positional title, creative people within a company need to have the opportunity to control their time in a way that optimizes and maximizes their creative potential. If you let operations bog down the subconscious mind of a creator, their creations will never come to fruition

To be a founder, you have to be world-class in something. Make sure you’re spending the majority of your time doing that thing; this is your ‘zone of genius’. Not compromising will allow you to be a valuable contributor for a much more extended period of time and avoid burnout.

You do not have to be a CEO to be an effective founder

Believe it or not, there are passionate people that are world-class in the work you don’t enjoy doing. Outsource this work to the right people.

“Having control of your time in a creative job, assuming you’re self-motivated, is the ultimate hack”

“Be free of mind and free of time. Boredom leads to creativity.”

Creativity starts with an empty calendar, but eventually, your calendar gets filled up with execution and a busy calendar is the death of creativity

You never know when being free will allow you to execute on your ‘zone of genius’